Moreover, although Goering had no leadership qualities and was not of good character, he had always been very protective of calves, and his position in the Nazi Party was extremely high, so he soon gave unprecedented support to the Far East Fleet as Wegener had expected.

Although Raeder and other traditional admirals were extremely resentful, they did not dare to turn against Goering, a mustachioed friend for many years, and could only sit back and watch Wegener become the "head of the fleet of the Third Reich Air Force", and the Far East Fleet of the German Navy was renamed the First Fleet of the Luftwaffe

Objectively speaking, however, although Wegener's defection to Goering was detrimental to his reputation, although the "First Fleet" was nominally incorporated into the Air Force, it was actually quite independent because it was fighting in the open sea. Although the navy was very angry about this, first, they did not dare to offend Goering, who was bound to repay him, and secondly, most of the naval officers who Wegener had called into the Far Eastern Fleet were ostracized and even forced to retire early like him, so even if they were a little dissatisfied, they would not abandon their duties, and ordinary soldiers would definitely follow their commanders. As for the pilots of those carrier-based aircraft, most of them were originally from the Air Force, so naturally there would be no resistance, so the First Fleet did not break its bones in this turmoil.

After joining the Air Force formation, the First Fleet was surprised by the great benefits that even Wegener, first of all, the problem of funding was completely solved, and after Goering's efforts, the mustache agreed to hand over all German assets in the Far East to the First Fleet, and now the war was already white-hot, and it was too late to build ships. But as long as you have the money, you can take this shortcut to buying

At the same time, with the repair of the two US aircraft carriers salvaged from Pearl Harbor, the USS Enterprise and the USS Hornet, the total number of aircraft carriers owned by the Japanese Navy has increased to a record 14, further widening the shortage of qualified carrier-based aircraft pilots.

Under these circumstances, the Japanese Navy finally agreed to sell the two slower old aircraft carriers Akagi and Kaga to the Germans, on the one hand, to obtain some money and jishu, and on the other hand, to get rid of these two burdens, and in the future, the other 12 high-speed aircraft carriers (with a maximum speed of more than 33 knots) can give full play to their advantages in maneuverability

And Wegener is also happy with the deal. Because the German aircraft carriers were positioned to protect the two super-battleships and to send planes to chase down the remnants of the enemy after the victory. Therefore, the maximum speed of the aircraft carrier does not need to be too fast, and the maximum speed of the two aircraft carriers is 28 knots and 31 knots respectively. Moreover, both of these are heavy aircraft carriers, although the design and hull are relatively old, but the number of aircraft and aircraft sortie rate have obvious advantages over Zeppelin and Strasser. Again, this is what Wegener needs.

Later, Wegener also fooled Goering that "the Air Force needs airfields at sea." Ask him for funding for the construction of an "air force floating airfield". A similar design idea was adopted, that is, a special heavy aircraft carrier with a slow speed (but also around 31 knots) but a good number of aircraft and sorties, although this did not fit the direction of the development of the aircraft carrier. However, due to the fact that Germany had the most powerful battleships and land-based air liliang on the Shijie, they still played a significant role in the middle and late stages of World War II. In particular, it is worth mentioning that the "Air Force Floating Airport" is naturally relatively easy to build because of its low performance requirements, and even a country like Germany, which has a relatively weak shipbuilding industrial base (compared with the United States, Britain, and Japan), can build and produce a large number of them quickly, which to a certain extent offsets the huge advantages of the United States and Britain in their terrorist shipbuilding capabilities

As for the pilots of carrier-based aircraft, Wegener did not have to worry, because the total number of pilots and flight cadets brought to China at the beginning was greatly exceeded compared with the carrying capacity of the two aircraft carriers, and after defecting to Goering, Ge Fatzi immediately transferred no less than 500 experienced and excellent pilots, crews, and ground crews from the Air Force to China to join the First Fleet through the territory of the Soviet Union, which had not yet turned against Germany. In addition, there were many outstanding talents in this group of pilots who were interested in the HNA, such as Colonel Harlinghausen, and Wegener believed that they could quickly complete the transition from land-based air force to carrier-based aviation

In terms of carrier-based aircraft, since it is his own person, Ge Fatzi naturally immediately approved the start of mass production of FW190D carrier-based fighters, but because China requires German soldiers to leave the country within a time limit in order to strictly abide by neutrality, it may become an enemy in the future, and now that the war is in full swing, Chinese aircraft, especially aluminum alloy production capacity is still very limited, it is difficult to meet the needs of the fleet in time, so Wegener did not purchase from China as originally planned, but chose to let Japanese companies license production.

Although the performance of China's aero engine itself is not as good as that of German products, but the supporting turbocharger is the most haode on shijie, which can make up for this deficiency to a large extent, and even if the engine itself is still stronger than Japanese goods, after all, China's aviation industry is brought up by Germany. Moreover, there are still a large number of German experts and mechanics working in China, and although the millions of Czech workers have had troubles, their quality is really excellent, and the quality of the parts and components they produce is first-class. However, because Japan is already an industrial country, it must consider issues such as the employment of workers, and these "crooked ways" cannot be learned (of course, this is not a bad thing)

But after all, an industrial country is an industrial country, even if Japan is only a primary industrial country where the people are still poor, it also has much stronger research and development capabilities than China, although those alloy materials and processing technology are difficult to imitate, but the merits of Chinese product design are still quickly used by Japanese engine experts for reference, how much to improve the design level of Japanese aero engines. However, the real qualitative change in the level of Japanese aero engines will have to wait until the Germans transfer those key materials and processes to them, and it is impossible to quickly catch up with the advanced level of Shijie by relying on their own efforts in this regard, if possible, direct introduction is a shortcut, which is what post-war Japan has done in history (to be continued......